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Stormwater coordinator outlines cleanup work and priority projects, flags floodplain limits
Summary
The city’s environmental programs coordinator reported on stormwater-clearance work, upcoming in-house and contracted drainage projects, coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for blue-line streams and a grant-funded levee/levee-breach effort tied to the softball complex and regional drainage.
Sophia West, McAlester’s environmental programs coordinator and stormwater manager, briefed the council on stormwater work, upcoming projects, permitting constraints on blue-line streams and a county-coordinated levee/ditch repair funded in part by a grant.
West said the city’s stormwater team has been active in clearing ditches and culverts and provided quantitative figures during the report. “The last past 4 months, they've cleared 755 yards of panels and ditches...they have collected 203,720 pounds,” West said as she summarized recent cleanup volumes. She said she will…
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